Montlucon – Introduction – Travel Information and Tips for France

The Deauville American Film Festival is one of the most prestigious American movies festival, and Deauville is the ideal location for this star-studded festival.

With Deauville’s version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, changing rooms on the beach named after the famous stars, the festival attracts many stargazers.

Click here to access the Festival’s web site

Lille Street Market

Start date: September 2, 2023 - End date: September 3, 2023

Location: Lille

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Food | Music | Street Markets

Lille Street Market © 20Minutes

The street market (flea market) of Lille, called Braderie de Lille, has been going on since the 12th century. It is one of Europe’s biggest street markets.

10,000 exhibitors offering goods throughout the city, kilometre after kilometre. It gets very busy and it’s recommended to book hotels well in advance.

Click here to access the Lille Street Market web site.

Fete Du Ventre (Festival of the Stomach)

Start date: October 14, 2023 - End date: October 15, 2023

Location: Rouen

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Festivals | Food | Street Markets

Rouen Annual "Fete du Ventre" Festival

Once a year, the city of Rouen celebrates the stomach. All sorts of foods are displayed throughout the city centre, where they can be bought and eaten on the spot.

Many of the stalls and people are dressed up in medieval ways.

Click here to read our description of the festival.
Click here to access the organiser’s program and introduction (in French only).

Transat Jacques Vabre – Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race

Start date: October 25, 2023 - End date: November 10, 2023

Location: Le Havre

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Races | Sail

Transat Jacques Vabre all 4 types of sailboats and village

Every two years, some 40 sail yachts in 4 different categories, each manned by 2 skippers set off on a timed race taking the old coffee routes between Le Havre and South America.

One week before the race, all the boats are in the docks for all to admire. It’s a big event, and the race village is full of people.

Click here to read more about this epic sail event on our site.

Montlucon is located almost at the exact centre of France. It has traditionally been associated to the royal Bourbon family.

The city itself, dominated by the Bourbon family castle is very medieval looking & feeling with many narrow streets and old buildings.

The core part of the city, the centre, is for pedestrians only; no cars allowed which can be a problem if you have booked a hotel in the city centre. Most of the streets are cobblestoned, and you can find many restaurants, some who have been there for centuries.

Many old restaurants in the medieval city centre

The main thing to see is the castle of the Dukes of Bourbon (click here to read more about it). It dominates the city, and was built in the 13th and 14th century.

Montlucon's Duke of Bourbon Castle — Montlucon’s Duke of Bourbon Castle

The castle itself is located on a hill, and around the hill are the castle’s fortified walls.

But anywhere you walk in the city centre, you will find narrow streets and many old, some centuries old, buildings. The whole feeling of the city is that you expect at anytime some knights galloping around on their horses.

One of 8 churches/chapels the city has is the Paroisse Sainte-Marie, which lies on the path of the pedestrian street in the city centre.

Summary

Montlucon is an interesting city to visit to get a feel of what life used to be during the Middle Ages. Not much has changed over time in the city centre. You smell the history when walking around the city.

Montlucon – Introduction

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